How the San Francisco Bomb Squad is trying to soften its image
On Sunday at AT&T Park, on my way to the baseball.
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Aug
On Sunday at AT&T Park, on my way to the baseball.
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Aug
On Friday, my friend JJ and I saw A Chorus Line at the Hollywood Bowl, a musical which has seen an unusual, relative reversal in fortunes. In 1975, it opened the month after the original Broadway production of Chicago. A Chorus Line ran for 15 years, getting a record; Chicago for two. When I visited New York City…
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Aug
… or you may find yourself using part of your 23 kilo baggage limit on these. Thankfully, San Francisco, where I arrived yesterday, has an Ecco store, though so far it hasn’t been sandal weather.
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Jul
My strategy for flying from Perth to Los Angeles in cost-effective comfort has been: Take the 7.30pm direct flight to Auckland, so I wouldn’t have to sleep on the plane. Sleep for five hours at the Jucy Snooze hostel in Auckland’s city centre. Bid for an upgrade to Premium Economy for the Auckland to Los…
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Jul
So you think sunset in Puerto Natales isn’t a good enough reason to travel overland from El Calafate to Ushuaia? How about Torres del Paine National Park, in Chilean Patagonia? I just did a day trip in November 2005, but you could easily spend a week there.
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Jul
When I flew last year from Perth to the United States and back, two advantages of going via Hong Kong International Airport were (a) it was the only stop and (b) I didn’t have to go from domestic to international airports and back again to domestic. The biggest plus was that the in-flight entertainment included all ten episodes of the fifth season…
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Jul
With the Rio Olympics approaching, I expect we’re soon going to see a lot of the statue of Christ the Redeemer. When I viewed it up close in 2013, I thought the blank eyes were rather creepy… … but what a view from Sugarloaf Mountain!
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Jul
One of the many delightful things that came out of my Antarctic trip was meeting up with the wise Caroline last year in Washington DC. On the second of two hectic days, she took me to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. At the start of his record four terms as US President, Franklin D Roosevelt announced:…
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Jul
